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Irish EmigrationA cartoon satirising the policies which caused large numbers of people to emigrate from Ireland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Coal WhimseyAn engine drawing coal, or a coal whimsey, at the Staffordshire Collieries. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Paddle Your Own CanoeThe Lady of the Lake, from the book by Sir Walter Scott, steadies her boat by resting an oar on the bank. Original Artwork: Engraving by Thomas Brown after Robert Herdman RSA
Locomotive LegA cartoon depicting John Bulls locomotive leg. Original Artwork: From Punch (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Palace TranseptThe Transept at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London
Canadian DisplayA display from Canada at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London
Textile WorksSir Titus Salts textile works at Saltaire, Yorkshire from the north side. Around the factory was built the model village of Saltaire
Junks At WarThe Honourable East India Cos steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying Chinese war junks at Ansons Bay during the First Opium War
Steam HammerJames Naysmiths invention, the steam hammer, in operation at an iron foundry. Original Artwork: From a painting by Naysmith himself. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LMS RailwayEntrance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line at Edge Hill in Liverpool. Original Artwork: Drawing by TT Bury, engraved by H Pyall and published by Ackerman
Grand Junction CanalLocks descending north of the entrance to the Braunston Tunnel on the Grand Junction Canal which linked the Oxford Canal in the Northampton area with London
Westminster LampsA few pedestrians linger beneath the gas lamps on Westminster Bridge while a carriage crosses the bridge. Original Artwork: Engraving by Gustave Dore. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Kilsby TunnelBroken sleepers and pieces of stone on the track in the great ventilation shaft at Kilsby Tunnel, built by Robert Stephenson for the London and Birmingham line
Welsh QuarryA black marble quarry near Red Wharf Bay in Anglesea. Original Artwork: Aquatint by William Daniell (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Press RepressionGendarmes arrive to seize printing presses in an attempt to limit freedom of expression during the July Revolution which deposed Charles X
Shopping Under SiegeUnder siege by the Prussian army, Parisians are reduced to buying cat, dog and rat meat at a butchers stall during the Franco-Prussian war
Paris-Orleans TrainTwo children watch as a train passes by on the Paris to Orleans line. Original Artwork: Painting by Hamilton Ellis (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A Drink By The WayA ladies cycling party pauses for refreshment on the outskirts of Paris. The wearing of knickerbockers, or rational costume for cycling was much more popular in France than in Britain
Greek Courtcirca 1852: Building commences in the Greek Court of the Crystal Palace during its reconstruction at Sydenham Hill, South London. (Photo by Philip Henry Delamotte/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Lifeboat Launchcirca 1860: Flotsam floats ashore as the crew of a lifeboat struggle to launch their vessel and go to the aid of a stricken ship
South Sea HouseFebruary 1810: The dividend hall of South Sea House, a banking establishment on Threadneedle Street, London. Original Artwork: Drawn and engraved by Rowlandson and Pugin, aquatinted by Sutherland
Parliament Housecirca 1890: Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia. Original Artwork: Engraving by H Miller (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Manchester Citycirca 1840: The smoking chimneys of Manchester as seen from Kensal Moore. Original Artwork: Engraved by Goodall after Wyld. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Third Class1875: An engraving of an underground train station transporting workmen. Original Artwork: Engraved by Dure. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bundle Of TruthsSeptember 1811: A street trader selling his wares in this cartoon entitled Bundle of Truths. Original Artist: By George Cruikshank (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Christie s1st February 1808: An auction of paintings at Christies auction rooms, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Potato Faminecirca 1830: A cartoon satirising the failure of the potato crop, and the state of the vegetable market. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British Short Horncirca 1800: A British short horn bull. Original Artwork: Engraved by Lizars after a drawing by Stewart (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Vauxhall Mill1815: A sketch of Vauxhall Mill published in 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Lambeth Mill1814: The windmill at Lambeth from a colour sketch published in 1814. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Joseph Pulitzer30th March 1872: Hungarian born American newspaper proprietor Joseph Pulitzer (1847 - 1911) shown in cartoon as the Leader of Liberal Republicanism in the St Louis Puck. Puck - pub
Henley Regattacirca 1880: Spectators in punts and enclosures at the Henley Royal Regatta. Original Artwork: Drawn by Arthur Hopkins (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
Great Exhibition1851: Interior of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London
Inauguration Day1851: The Inauguration of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London. It was officially opened by Queen Victoria
Exhibition Opening1851: The opening of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London. Interior of the Foreign Nave
Newgate Execution1st December 1809: An execution in front of the Debtors door at Newgate prison, London. Original Artwork: Engraving by Turnbull (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Engine Chimneyscirca 1840: The stationary engine chimneys and locomotive engine house near Camden Town on the London and Birmingham Railway line
Station Commotioncirca 1860: Crowds trying to get into the carriages at Crystal Palace railway station at the end of a fete day. Original Artwork
Britannia Bridge23rd March 1850: The entrance to the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
Taxes! Taxes! TaxesCartoon titled The Friend of the people and his petty-new tax gatherer paying John Bull a visit, depicting the tax man knocking on a door while shouting Taxes! Taxes! Taxes
Philadelphia MintThe United States Mint on Seventh Street, Philadelphia, circa 1820. Known as Ye Olde Mint, this was the first building to house the Philadelphia Mint
German Biplane Flies Over a Fieldcirca 1910: A German biplane flies over a field. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New York Bakery; View of a retail block, which is located between 641-59 East 180th Streetcirca 1935: View of a retail block, which is located between 641-59 East 180th Street, Bronx, New York City. A bakery, a lumber and heating supply store, a shoe repair, a carpenter
New York Car Parkcirca 1935: A group of cars parked outside of Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cargo Ship on the Fulton Street Dockcirca 1918: Workers unload crates and barrels on the Fulton Street dock while men in straw boaters inspect a ship, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Railroad Snow; Horsedrawn carts crowd the intersection of West and Chambers Streetscirca 1915: Horsedrawn carts crowd the intersection of West and Chambers Streets in the winter, New York City. The Erie Railroad train station is visible
Commuters crowd the terminal of Pennsylvania Station, preparing to leave town for the holidays, New York City. The original station was designed by the architects McKim
circa 1909: French Aviator Louis Bleriot, the first pilot to fly from Calais to Dover in a monoplane, flies across the English Channel. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)